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The only people who speak English here are Museum personnel so I’ve had to be a little bit bolder and try my hand at French. I’m starting to understand more when I read stuff but I just can’t catch on when people speak. It’s frustrating. I am very proud of myself though for going out to a sit down dinner tonight though. The last time I did I felt so dumb I’ve ...

... there really is no other (reasonably fast) way to get through this part. So we carried on and actually made over 100 km on that single road. We knew (from a reliable source) that after 12 there will be no water from above anymore. No rain, and no drizzle. So we carried on, but at about 2:30 we decided we had enough of the constant rain, and that maybe this day our source is not that reliable. Curiously ...

... on the monument as well as a chance to lay a wreath at the tomb of the Unknown Soldier.

We left Vimy to transfer to Arras for some lunch/free time. The town of Arras was pounded into dust by constant shelling during WWI and has since been carefully restored to its 12th Century appearance. The students had an opportunity to walk through the streets, eat lunch in the cafés, ascend the city hall bell tower as well as do ...

A wet, windy and cool day to visit Tyne Cot cemetery, Ypres and the Vimy Ridge memorial. Tyne Cot is the largest Commonwealth War cemetery with over 12,000 soldiers from the Great War buried there. The cemetery is in the village of Passchendaele. We started there this morning with the rain and the rain kept following us. After Tyne Cot, we went into Ypres for a visit at the Menin ...